the 20 dollar rear shock tower brace.

[kou]

Originally Posted by Loren

Brilliant, except that you're bolting to the top of the shock, and the shock is still mounted in rubber at both ends. A "brace" with 1/4" or more of flex at it's mounting points isn't much of a brace, is it?

if you take that rubber bushing out then you will see that there is metal inside which extends out the bottom that keeps it in position in the chassis.so side to side it is pretty stiff, the rubber mainly absorbs up and down movement for ride qaulity. an extra brace on the body would not hurt though.

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Originally Posted by kou

if you take that rubber bushing out then you will see that there is metal inside which extends out the bottom that keeps it in position in the chassis.so side to side it is pretty stiff, the rubber mainly absorbs up and down movement for ride qaulity. an extra brace on the body would not hurt though.

You are forgeting 2 important points.

1 The shock is still mounted in rubber at the bottom
2 A shock by definition is NOT a LOAD BEARING member of the suspension. Bracing it, even if solidly mounted does NOTHING.